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- Top Senate Democrats are doubling down on calls for President Donald Trump not to meet one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
- Their urging comes one day after the special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers on hacking charges.
- In a letter sent Saturday, the senators said there “must be other Americans in the room” at the meeting and that Russia’s election interference must be the “top issue” of the two leaders’ discussion.
Top Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him not to meet one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a planned summit in Helsinki, Finland on Monday.
The senators wrote there “must be other Americans in the room” at the meeting, where they also stated “Russia’s attack on our election” should be a “top issue”.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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